metropolite
See also: métropolite
English
Etymology
Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
Noun
metropolite (plural metropolites)
- (obsolete) A metropolitan.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for metropolite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
Adjective
metropolite
- feminine plural of metropolita